Module
The Cerebrum
The largest part of the brain: the cortex, its lobes and the networks behind thinking, language, memory and movement.
- 01Introducing the Prefrontal Cortex
- 02The Principal Prefrontal Regions
- 03A Highly Connected Brain Network
- 04Executive Functions
- 05Inhibitory Control and Cognitive Flexibility
- 06Planning the Future-Oriented Thought
- 07Working Memory and Attention
- 08Decision-Making, Reward and Risk
- 09Emotion, Social Behaviour and Personality
- 10Development from Childhood into Adulthood
- 11Stress, Sleep and Prefrontal Performance
- 12Introduction to the Primary Motor Cortex
- 13Location and Anatomical Organization
- 14Neurons and Microscopic Structure
- 15The Motor Homunculus
- 16Control of the Opposite Side
- 17The Corticospinal Pathway
- 18Movement Planning and Execution
- 19Sensory Feedback and Error Correction
- 20Hand and Finger Control During Typing
- 21Motor Learning and Neuroplasticity
- 22Blood Supply and Motor-Cortex Injury
- 23Assessment, Rehabilitation and Recovery
- 24Introduction to the Somatosensory Cortex
- 25Location and Principal Divisions
- 26Sensory Receptors
- 27Sensory Pathways to the Cortex
- 28The Subdivisions of the Primary Somatosensory Cortex
- 29The Sensory Homunculus
- 30Touch and Tactile Discrimination
- 31Proprioception and Body Position
- 32Pain and Temperature
- 33Recognising Objects Through Touch
- 34Somatosensory Feedback During Typing
- 35Plasticity, Injury and Recovery
- 36Introduction to Language Networks
- 37Language Dominance and the Two Hemispheres
- 38Speech Sounds and Phonological Processing
- 39Words, Concepts and Meaning
- 40Frontal Language Networks and Broca’s Region
- 41From an Idea to Spoken Language
- 42Reading and the Language Networks
- 43The Dorsal and Ventral Language Streams
- 44Writing, Spelling and Professional Typing
- 45Grammar, Context and Conversation
- 46Language Development and Neuroplasticity
- 47Aphasia, Assessment and recovery
- 48Introduction to the Visual Cortex
- 49Location and Principal Visual Areas
- 50The Visual Pathway from the Eyes
- 51The Primary Visual Cortex
- 52Retinotopic Organisation
- 53Colour and Brightness
- 54Movement Perception
- 55Depth and Three-Dimensional Vision
- 56The Ventral Visual Stream
- 57The Dorsal Visual Stream
- 58Vision, Reading and Professional Typing
- 59Injury, Assessment and Neuroplasticity
- 60Introduction to the Auditory Cortex
- 61Location and Principal Auditory Areas
- 62From Sound Waves to Neural Signals
- 63The Auditory Pathway
- 64Tonotopic Organisation and Pitch
- 65Loudness, Timing and Rhythm
- 66Locating Sounds in Space
- 67Speech Perception
- 68Music, Voices and Emotional Tone
- 69Auditory Attention and the Cocktail-Party Effect
- 70Auditory Processing and Professional Transcription
- 71Plasticity, Injury and Assessment
- 72Introduction to the Hippocampus
- 73Location and Anatomical Structure
- 74Information Flow Through the Hippocampus
- 75Episodic and Declarative Memory
- 76Encoding and Retrieving Experiences
- 77Memory Consolidation
- 78Spatial Navigation and Cognitive Maps
- 79Pattern Separation and Pattern Completion
- 80Learning and Synaptic Plasticity
- 81Sleep, Emotion and Stress
- 82The Hippocampus and Typing Development
- 83Damage, Assessment and Recovery
- 84Introduction to the Amygdala
- 85Location and Anatomical Organisation
- 86Connections with the Wider Brain
- 87Emotional Salience
- 88Threat Detection and Defensive Responses
- 89Emotional Learning and Conditioning
- 90Reward, Motivation and Decision-Making
- 91Emotional Memory
- 92Faces, Voices and Social Information
- 93Regulation and Extinction Learning
- 94Stress, Attention and Professional Typing
- 95Development, Injury and Mental Health
- 96Introduction to the Basal Ganglia
- 97Principal Structures
- 98Cortical and Thalamic Loops
- 99Direct, Indirect and Hyperdirect Pathways
- 100Dopamine and Learning
- 101Movement Selection and Control
- 102Procedural Learning and Skill Formation
- 103Habits and Goal-Directed Behaviour
- 104Reward and Motivation
- 105Cognition and Emotion
- 106The Basal Ganglia and Professional Typing
- 107Disorders, Assessment and Treatment
- 108Introduction to the Corpus Callosum
- 109Location and Principal Regions
- 110Axons, Myelin and Communication Speed
- 111Topographical Orgnaisation
- 112Sensory Integration
- 113Movement and Bilateral Coordination
- 114Language and Hemispheric Specialisation
- 115Attention, Reasoning and Emotional Processing
- 116Development and Myelination
- 117Agenesis and Neuroplasticity
- 118Split-Brain Research
- 119Corpus Callosum Function During Professional Typing
- 120Recap (1 of 11)
- 121Recap (2 of 11)
- 122Recap (3 of 11)
- 123Recap (4 of 11)
- 124Recap (5 of 11)
- 125Recap (6 of 11)
- 126Recap (7 of 11)
- 127Recap (8 of 11)
- 128Recap (9 of 11)
- 129Recap (10 of 11)
- 130Recap (11 of 11)
- 131Congratulations on completing the module